- Marian Oprea
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Medal record 
Marian OpreaMen’s athletics Competitor for 
RomaniaOlympic Games Silver 2004 Athens Triple jump World Championships Bronze 2005 Helsinki Triple jump European Championships Silver 2010 Barcelona Triple jump Bronze 2006 Gothenburg Triple jump European Indoor Championships Bronze 2011 Paris Triple jump Continental Cup Gold 2010 Split Triple jump Marian Oprea (born June 6, 1982 in Piteşti) is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters.
He took his first major medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, winning the gold with a jump of 16.41 m. Oprea won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and also at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
He suffered a serious knee injury (tendonitis) and missed the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2009 World Championships in Athletics as a result.[1] He opted to undergo major surgery and brought an end to a two-year-long injury hiatus with a jump of 16.88 m in May 2010.[2] He proved himself to be back to peak fitness with a silver medal performance at the 2010 European Athletics Championships (jumping 17.51 m) and then taking the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup later that season.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Romania2001 World Student Games Beijing, PR China 2nd 17.11 m 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd 17.18 m 2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 17.62 m References
- ^ Gatlin Gets a Hearing, EME News, by Alfons Juck, Notes by Larry Eder. Run Blog Run. Retrieved on 2010-02-15.
- ^ Romania's Oprea jumps back into medal contention . European Athletics (2010-05-21). Retrieved on 2011-01-27.
- IAAF profile for Marian Oprea
1977: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1979: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1981: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1985: Willie Banks (USA) • 1989: Mike Conley (USA) • 1992: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1994: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) • 1998: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2002: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2006: Walter Davis (USA) • 2010: Marian Oprea (ROU)
World Best Year Performance in Men's Triple Jump 1970: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1971: Pedro Pérez (CUB) • 1972: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1973: Mikhail Bariban (URS) • 1974: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1975 – 1976: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1977: Ron Livers (USA) • 1978 – 1979: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1980: Jaak Uudmäe (URS) • 1981: Willie Banks (USA) • 1982: Keith Connor (GBR) • 1983: Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) • 1984: Oleg Protsenko (URS) • 1985: Willie Banks (USA) • 1986 – 1988: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1989: Vladimir Inozemtsev (URS) • 1990 – 1991: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 1992 – 1994: Mike Conley (USA) • 1995: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1996: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 1997: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) • 1998: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1999: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2000 – 2002: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2003 – 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2005: Marian Oprea (ROM) • 2006: Walter Davis (USA) • 2007: Jadel Gregório (BRA) • 2008: Nelson Évora (POR) • 2009: Phillips Idowu (GBR); • 2010: Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Romania
- Olympic silver medalists for Romania
- People from Piteşti
- Romanian triple jumpers
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs
- Romanian athletics biography stubs
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